Watch-key



G. P. REED. Watch Key.

No. 231,681. Patented Aug. 31,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE P. REED, OF MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

WATCH-KEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,681, dated August 31, 1880.

Application led February 24, 1880.

To all 'whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. REED, of Melrose, county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain useful Improvements in Vatch-Keys, of which the following is a specification.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent, in Figure l, a sectional elevation ot' a watch-key containing my invention 5 Fig. 2, a section of eyelet; Fig. 3, a section ot' the upper part of key-shank.

My invention relates tothe peculiar construction ot' the swivel carrying the pendent ring by which the key is suspended, by which I provide astrong, eective, and neat connection between the ringl and body of the key, and one made at very small cost.

In the above-named drawings the body ot' the key is shown at A, its tubular windingstem or barrel at B, and its pendent ring at O.

In carrying my invention into practice I create in the end ot` the body A a shallow pocket or recess, (and in this recess I deposit the lower end of the swivel-head, which is shown at b, such head having an outstanding annular ange or lip, c, which loosely ills the recess. The annular edge or wall of the The head b may be solid; but it would present no advantage over the hollow cup, and would be more expensive to manufacture. v

I claim- A swivel for watch-keys, composed of a cylindrical head carrying a pendent ring, and having an annular lip to extend into a pocket in the 4end of the key-body, the wall of the pocket being turned or rubbed down about the lip, and the wholebeing substantially as and for purposes stated.

GEORGE P. REED.

Witnesses:

H. E. LODGE, F. Gnarls. 

